By Anne Miller Special Contributor The Raymond-Casco Historical Society met on June 19, 2006 at the Raymond Safety Building. The featured speaker for the evening was Adam Grant, who shared reminisces about the history of the Watkins Family. They were among the early pioneers settling in South Casco on the north and west shores of […]

By Anne Miller Special Contributor The Raymond-Casco Historical Society met on June 19, 2006 at the Raymond Safety Building. The featured speaker for the evening was Adam Grant, who shared reminisces about the history of the Watkins Family. They were among the early pioneers settling in South Casco on the north and west shores of […]

By Anne Miller Special Contributor The Raymond-Casco Historical Society met on June 19, 2006 at the Raymond Safety Building. The featured speaker for the evening was Adam Grant, who shared reminisces about the history of the Watkins Family. They were among the early pioneers settling in South Casco on the north and west shores of […]

The Maine Public Utilities Commission is going to explore the idea of pulling out of an electric power sharing arrangement with other New England states, which it says is benefiting Connecticut and Massachusetts at a cost of hundreds of millions of dollars to electric-users here. Operators of that grid say Maine would pull out at […]

For years there has been a huge discrepancy between what Sappi Fine Paper, local marinas and the Maine Department of Environmental Protection believe to be a “normal water level,” and what local environmentalists, like the Friends of Sebago Lake, businesses dependent on available beach areas, and homeowners, believe to be a “healthy water level.” “The […]

The ninth annual “Music on the Hill” Concert Series begins on Saturday, July 8, and runs each Saturday and one Friday night through July. The series opener on July 8 features a barbershop quartet called Along Four the Ride. The group has performed on WCSH’s “207” and at L.L. Bean in Freeport during the holiday […]

Pet lovers of all kinds are invited to join “Paws, Claws, Scales and Tales” at the Steep Falls Public Library this summer. The 2006 Summer Reading Program is open to young people, preschool through young adult, with programs, prize drawings, story hours, guest speakers and more. Families are invited to join the Read-to-Me portion of […]

The Hawthorne Association, a non-profit group that works to preserve the historical integrity of the childhood home of Nathaniel Hawthorne in Raymond, is looking to bolster its membership numbers this summer. The association, averaging around 125 members, is down from 150 in the past few years. “The biggest thing right now is appealing to members […]

The Hawthorne Association, a non-profit group that works to preserve the historical integrity of the childhood home of Nathaniel Hawthorne in Raymond, is looking to bolster its membership numbers this summer. The association, averaging around 125 members, is down from 150 in the past few years. “The biggest thing right now is appealing to members […]

Boy Scouts Michael Mathews, David LeClaire and Irene LeClaire of Boy Scout Troop 51 in Windham, recently traveled to Camp Wah-Tut-Kain in Northwood, New Hampshire to attend the Order of the Arrow Northeast Section Conclave. The Order of the Arrow is the “National Honor Society” of Boy Scouting, and its members provide service hours to […]